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An alternative to high-stakes inspection
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Ken Johnson, NEU Leadership member and head teacher, sets out his thoughts on an alternative to the toxic Ofsted inspection system.
Ofsted are pushing staff over the edge
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Head teacher John Hayes describes how unnecessarily gruelling Ofsted processes are pushing staff, heads and senior leaders to breaking point.
Ofsted: leave us to get on with it
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Our motivation doesn’t come from Ofsted grades and we waste precious time thinking about them.
Ofsted’s misuse of research should be seen as a national scandal
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Education journalist Warwick Mansell examines evidence that Ofsted has misused education research.
Ofsted is marking its own homework
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Dr. Kevin Proudfoot, Senior Lecturer in education at the University of Glasgow, shines a light on Ofsted’s lack of accountability.
Inspections are more or less entirely ‘done to’ schools
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Ryan Wilson, author of Let That Be A Lesson: A Teacher’s Life in the Classroom, explores the impact of Ofsted’s ineffectiveness in the workplace.
Do Ofsted inspections prevent sustainable improvement in ‘stuck’ schools?
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Dr. Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the NEU, interrogates the latest research on ‘stuck’ schools
Ofsted’s role as enforcer of academisation
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Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the NEU, highlights the inspectorate’s critical role in forced academisation.
Ofsted, we need to talk
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Michael Farrelly, senior leader in a Special primary school, explains how Ofsted is a driving factor in the teaching recruitment crisis.
Language development in secondary years
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Produced by Speech and Language UK/NEU: 4 key things you can do to enhance secondary school children’s communication.
Language development in primary years
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Produced by Speech and Language UK/NEU: 4 key things you can do to enhance primary school children’s communication.
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